SB 234

This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide grants

during the 2021-23 fiscal biennium to local water improvement groups to conduct

biomanipulations to improve the water quality of lakes and impoundments and

appropriates to DNR $150,000 from the general fund for that purpose. The bill

provides that, to be eligible for a grant, a biomanipulation must include the removal

of aquatic zooplanktivores and aquatic benthivores or the introduction of aquatic

piscivores, or both, and must include comprehensive fish studies. The bill requires

DNR to select grant recipients through a competitive application process and

provides that grants may cover 90 percent of the costs of projects.